According to party sources, there are several reasons for the decision not to
nominate the former minister for a peerage: his support for the 2003 invasion of Iraq; a damages claim that is being brought
against him by a Libyan
couple who were «rendered» to one of Muammar Gaddafi's prisons; an ongoing inquiry by Westminster's intelligence and security committee (ISC) into that and other rendition allegations; and the words that were captured by the undercover reporter.